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Thread: maintain value of integer

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    Default maintain value of integer

    public int getPriority(){
    int i=0;
    return i++;
    }

    this method is called in another file, i want incremented value of i and not 0 when everytime this function is called.


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    Default Re: maintain value of integer

    Check the functionality of postincrement and preincrement

    return ++i;

    will work

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    Default Re: maintain value of integer

    , i want incremented value of i
    The variable i is local to the method: getPriority() and will always start with the value assigned in the method.

    Can you explain what you want that method to do? The way it is coded it will always return the same value.
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    Default Re: maintain value of integer

    [QUOTE=Norm;98940]The variable i is local to the method: getPriority() and will always start with the value assigned in the method.

    Can you explain what you want that method to do? The way it is coded it will always return the same value

    [Quote= shachee:] like i want output as 1 2 3 4 etc that is incremented value.. but this program will return always 1. so by session management or making i static , something like dat we can do dat thing...

    --- Update ---

    i want the output of that program as 1 2 3 4.. etc and not as 1 always...
    with ++i will it work?

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    Default Re: maintain value of integer

    If you want the value of i to be remembered from one call to the next as it is changed, then i must be defined outside of any method as a class variable.
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    Default Re: maintain value of integer

    ya i want that only.... thnx bt what will be the code for that

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    Default Re: maintain value of integer

    Are you asking how to define a class variable?
    Define the variable in the class, not in a method.
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    Default Re: maintain value of integer

    na not that... il check the previous thng

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    Default Re: maintain value of integer

    Sorry, I have no idea what you are saying.
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